• A row over the government's approach to such extremists between Michael Gove and home secretary Theresa May, culminating with May's special adviser resigning.

• Gove being forced to apologise in public.

• Ofsted reassessing a group of Birmingham schools under orders from Gove and finding a 'culture of fear'.

• A lot of angry school parents.

Some of this stems from Michael Gove's belief that Britain must stand up to fundamental Islam, part of his reputation as one of the few members of the cabinet who could be branded a true neo-conservative.

Luckily, Gove's written a book on this very topic, enabling us to work out what he really thinks. And over the weekend we settled down with a copy of this 2006 work, entitled Celsius 7/7, to try and work out what's driving him on.

Here's what the book tells us about Gove's approach to Islamist extremists:

Gove is equally exasperated with groups that (he believes) wrongly claim to represent most British Muslims, such as the Muslim Council of Britain. He believes these groups are often more conservative than mainstream Muslim opinion.

4.Gove has no time for opponents of the nation state, be they Islamists or representatives of the United Nations.

Gove is willing to defend the nation state to the end. Which means attacking people who believe the United Nations should have authority over national parliaments, while also attacking people who believe religious zealots should have authority over national parliaments.

5.Gove has no time for people who draw parallels between atrocities such as those committed in Iraq's Abu Ghraib and other extreme actions.

In this chapter Gove attacks the decision to "appease" Islamist fundamentalists by allowing certain preachers a safe haven within Britain during the early 2000s. This "shameful and short-sighted" decision was "appeasement" in his eyes.

Eight years on and Gove is still spending his time worrying about Islamist Trojan Horses.